December 14, 2005
I would like my true love
Hi,
I would like my true love to come back to me. We were together 6 mos after 3mos he said he loved me. We were doing just fine and then after not being able to see each other 3 weeks - he stopped calling and said he wasn't sure what he wanted. I am the best thing that ever happened to him and he to me.
Please bring him back to me.
M
+++++++ Marianne's Response++++++
Sorry, can't quite do that. I hear you that you're the best thing that ever happened to him, but are you sure he's the best thing that ever happened to you? Do you think a man who cuts you off quite like that is really one who is ready to love you deeply? And if his destiny is elsewhere, do you want to stop him on his path?
This is the miracle I pray for: that through your willingness to accept him where he is, you will find your peace of mind.
Posted by mwblog at 06:15 PM
Something that has puzzled my imagination...
I love my career, but I also want profound and deep spiritual growth and
god connection. Can you recieve, complete spiritual enlightenment, and
still do what you want to do with your life?
+++++++ Marianne's Response++++++
Yes, absolutely! Spiritual enlightenment isn't about what you do, so much as it's about who you are while you're doing it. Anything can be a ministry, if it's a place where you show up as your best self and do your best to show love to others.
Posted by mwblog at 06:11 PM
I ask God everyday for a Miracle
I ask God everyday for a Miracle for my 11 yr old son and Myself.
I am trying to take care of my son by myself with no real support he is an amazing child (as all mother think) but I worry everyday if I will be able to take care of him. Dealing with illness having trouble financially. I pray all day for the ability to care for him.
Brenda
+++++ Marianne's Response ++++
I ask anyone reading this to pray with me:
Dear God,
Please pour Your light
on Brenda and her son.
Please pave a way for them
from lack to abundance,
from fear to faith,
from stress to peace.
May a way be created
for them to enjoy a new life,
full of comfort,
devoid of stress
and full of love.
And so it is.
Amen
Posted by mwblog at 06:09 PM
"Dinner with a Perfect Stranger"
Hi Marianne,
Our book club is reading "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger",and I am having some differences with it. If you haven't read it, it is about this guy who is invited to have dinner with Jesus at an expensive resturant, so he goes. Basically, Jesus tells him "nobody comes to the Father, but through me" and tells why Christianity is the only true religion. I would like to have something to say that descibes the "Course in Miracles" take on that statement, if you could give me some advice. I know how I feel, but I can't put it into words.
Thank -you,
love Linda
+++++++ Marianne's Response++++++++
Dear Linda
From the perspective of A COURSE IN MIRACLES, the line "No man comether to the Father, but through me" means that no one comes to the experience of God except through unconditional love. That space of unconditional love is the true Christ. While Jesus did actualize that love and is now the door to it for those who are called by him, we are told that his is not the only face that the Christ light takes.
Posted by mwblog at 05:59 PM
I'm struggling with staying sober
I'm struggling with staying sober I've been in an out of AA for 20 years, I'm 38 and have no real belief in a "God" or " higher power". Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to overcome this?
++++++++ Marianne's Answer++++++++++
Woa, on one hand you say you're "struggling," but on the the other hand you say you have no real belief in God. Okay. Get a clue!
In AA, as you know, it's says "God as you understand Him." My advice? Call him anything, but just call him. Unless you enjoy the struggle....
Posted by mwblog at 05:59 PM
My Spouse was Injured
My spouse was injured on the job a little over three years ago, He has three disks in his neck that are crushed and cause him constant pain. Workman's compensation here, in our state of Texas has all but disappeared and the insurance companies are running the show. The doctor he was seeing for over 2 years has decided not to continue being a part of workman's compensation anymore and other doctors in the area have refused to take on a case that is over a year old.
So he sits day in and day out in constant pain. Some days are good and aspirin help him, other days nothing helps. I watch him bear this burden and it hurts me. I love him so much, and to see him endure this pain because of "The politics of Workman's compensation" drives me crazy. I want to do something to ease his constant pain but I feel helpless and can only offer my love. The hurt he endures makes me hurt too and it is hard for me to watch him go through this.
+++++++ Marianne's Response+++++++++++++
I am deeply, deeply sorry, and I know I am joined in this by everyone who has read your letter.
We pray with you for the miracles you need:
Dear God,
Please help our beloved sister
and her husband.
May the divine physician stand above him,
and heal his back that he might be free of pain.
May the way be paved
that he might suffer no more.
This couple needs a miracle, dear God.
Please give it to them.
Amen
Posted by mwblog at 05:55 PM
December 13, 2005
Recently Laid Off My Job
Hello
I have been recently laid off my job. I am trying to get another job but it is not easy since I just turned 50. My wish is that I find one that is less stress and that I can find time for myself. You see I have been with the same company for 12 years, and have worked 16 hour days, and gave up a lot of time to be with my family.
I also forgot about me and my heath etc. Now that I am home, I am starting to enjoy my time with my family. I recently lost my Grandson who was 11 months old due to heart problems and I felt that I could not be there all the time, due to time constraints at work, deadlines and more deadlines. I guess now I am grieving the lost of that. Just one wish that things will work out. Thank you.
Bonny
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Dear Bonny,
I"m glad to pray with you, and I know I am joined by all those reading this:
Dear God,
Please deliver to Bonny
the perfect job for her.
Please remove
any obstructions
to her living a more peaceful life.
Bless her and provide her with new beginnings,
more blessed and beautiful
than any she has known.
Amen
Posted by mwblog at 08:49 PM
The Battle to Save the Sacred Land
The battle to save the sacred land of the Petroglyph National Monument and the volcanic cones on the west edge of Albuquerque, NM, seemed to end a couple of weeks ago. I have supported the many legal and spiritual avenues pursued by the SAGE Council. When the final march in honor of the Petroglyphs took place on Nov. 19th, I was there and walked to the point where the bulldozer will cut into the rocks to create a 6-lane highway, permanently scaring the landscape, bringing thousands of cars THROUGH the canyon and forever destroying the sacred silence that has housed the voices of the ancients.
I have sent hundreds of emails, I have asked for everyone I know to contact congresspeople, politicians anyone around the world. But, you know, it's Christmas, it business as usual, people are busy. But the petroglyphs wake me up at night asking for my help. I awakend to the vista of thousands of homes, of debris thrown into the canyon, to graffiti marring the ancient pictures, to desecration of all kinds. We are still asleep and don't understand what we are about to do. I'm not a native american in this lifetime. I love this Earth.
I revere sacred open space as necessary for our survival. I honor and r espect the millenias of spiritual practices that have taken place here. I am begging you to help me with your prayers. I feel the only thing standing between the bulldozer and the end of this magical space is a miracle--for a change of heart, for someone with clout to step forward and say NO to the developers and our city council and mayor, for a weather factor to delay the construction, for SOMETHING, Please pray with me and for the sacred area so that it survives to continue for all generations to come.
Yvonne Scott
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Dear Yvonne,
I grieve with you, and I know that others reading this do too. I hope a miracle will come from your tears.
God bless you for trying.
Marianne
Posted by mwblog at 08:45 PM
A Miraculous True Love Story
Dear Mrs. Williamson:
I know you have requested people to submit a miracle, I wanted to share, that thanks to your book "A return to love", a miraculous true love story unfolded. I promise to not take up too much of your time, but it's worth the read.
My godmother, Kathy, had married her high school sweetheart back in the late 70's. Almost twenty years and two children later their love began to diminish. His gambling and drug habit began to weigh deep on her. They finally spilt up in the early 90's. Life, single parenting and her lost dream's made her come to a breaking point in her life, until one day she jumped in her car and just drove. She cried and drove, not knowing where she was she finally stopped the car and sat down on a park bench late in the spring.
Her emotions overpowered her. A gentleman walked up to her and said "I don't know what is going on in your life, but take this and read it. It helped me find myself in the darkest of times." He handed her your book, "A return to love". His number was in the inside cover of the book and he finished with, "If you ever need a friend, I'm a good listener."
Seven years later they are still together. She found the love in him she never thought she'd find again all thanks to those precious words found beyond the cover of "A Returns to Love"
A return to love is a title that worked two folds for this couple, finding the love within themselves to accept the love offered by others. Thank you for all you do.
My best,
Heather L. Shepherd
www.heathershepherd.com
-- Marianne's Response--
I love that story!
Thank you!
Marianne
Posted by mwblog at 08:40 PM
